I like to make something beautiful when I run ... it's style. It's doing something better than anyone else. It's being creative.

To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.

No matter how hard you train, Somebody will train harder. No matter how hard you run, Somebody will run harder. No matter how hard you want it, Somebody will want it more, I am Somebody.

Don’t be afraid to give up the good for the great.

The best pace is a suicide pace, and today looks like a good day to die.

Success isn't how far you got, but the distance you traveled from where you started.

You said I was weak. You said I couldn't do it. Thank you. You gave me everything I needed to prove you wrong.

A lot of people run a race to see who is fastest. I run to see who has the most guts, who can punish himself into exhausting pace, and then at the end, punish himself even more.

If you fail to prepare, prepare to fail.

I can endure more pain then anyone you've met. That's why I win, because I can endure more pain.

You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back.

Do not expect me to fall in with the evil customs and ways of the world. I am in Rome, but I will not do as Rome does. I am an alien, a stranger, and a foreigner. My citizenship is in heaven.

At times I feel myself overtaken by an immense tenderness for these people around me who live in the same century.

There's no way the new chimney will fall down, Lu. Not with you in charge. It wouldn't dare.

You can never judge your characters. You have to love them, really care about them. You're never just playing a villain or the crazy lady.

Don't ask your readers to admire your words when you want them to believe your story.

The work became like the drug addiction, the clothes, anything in my life. It became - it's become an addiction. I'm addicted to working.

I love acting and I still want to do it, but I've such an instinct for directing, it's something that comes naturally to me. It's why I'm here on this planet.

Hello, Grace's parents. I'm Grace's boyfriend. Please notice the chaste distance between us. I am very responsible and have never had my tongue in your daughter's mouth.

Stumble is worse than falling, because stumble is not as instructive as the falling!

I envision some years from now that the majority of search queries will be answered without you actually asking. It'll just know this is something that you're going to want to see.